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Corrections House ‘Know How To Carry A Whip’ CD/LP/DD 2015

11th October 20152nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2015, CD, Corrections House, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Industrial, Know How To Carry A Whip, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Neurot Recordings, Review

In 2013 my favourite record was the Corrections House debut, a garbled ‘news from the front’ type collision of the

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Windhand ‘Grief’s Infernal Flower’ CD/LP/DD 2015

2nd October 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Grief's Infernal Flower, Heavy, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, Windhand

Windhand have been responsible for two of modern doom’s finest records in the past few years; their bewitching debut and

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Kowloon Walled City ‘Grievances’ CD/LP/DD 2015

30th September 20153rd September 2019 Jay Hampshire 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Gilead Media, Grievances, Heavy, Jay Hampshire, Kowloon Walled City, LP, Neurot Recordings, Post-Rock, Review

Chicago’s Kowloon Walled City have been plying their sludge tinged, post metal trade since 2007, but three albums and a

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With The Dead – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2015

29th September 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Lee Dorrian, LP, Mark Greening, Pete Green, Review, Rise Above Records, Self Titled, Tim Bagshaw, With The Dead

Dorrian. Bagshaw. Greening. There’s an aura to it when you just put those three names side by side. There’s a

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Grey Widow / Sons Of Tonatiuh – Split CD/CS/DD 2015

25th September 20152nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2015, Black Bow Records, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, Grey Widow, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Red Valley Records, Review, Sludge, Sons Of Tonatiuh, Split

Released on CD, download and now obligatory cool retro cassette format through UK based Red Valley Records, this six track

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Opium Lord ‘The Calendrical Cycle: Eye Of Earth’ CD/LP/DD 2015

16th September 20153rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2015, Candlelight Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Dry Cough Records, Heavy, LP, Opium Lord, Review, Sludge, The Calendrical Cycle: Eye Of Earth, Tom McKibbin

Birmingham’s Opium Lord have had a kind of fast-track experience since forming just a few years ago. Their first EP

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Cathedral ‘In Memoriam’ CD/DVD/LP Reissue 2015

14th September 20153rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2015, Cathedral, CD, Doom, DVD, Heavy, In Memoriam, LP, Ollie Stygall, Reissue, Review, Rise Above Records

To properly appreciate this reissue of doom legends Cathedral’s In Memoriam demo, it’s important to put this release into some

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Henge – S/T – LP/DD 2015

12th September 20153rd September 2019 Tal Fineman 2015, Doom, God Unknown Records, Heavy, Henge, Psych, Review, Self Titled, Tal Fineman

While Henge may well be a new name to many stoner/doom fans, they come with a sound that should be

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MAKE ‘The Golden Veil’ LP/DD 2015

10th September 20153rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2015, Atmospheric, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, LP, Make, Post-Metal, Review, Self Released, The Golden Veil

Anyone familiar with Chapel Hill, NC’s ‘surface scene’ is probably aware of its longstanding history of American conservatism gift wrapped

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My Dying Bride ‘Feel The Misery’ CD/LP/DD 2015

9th September 20153rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2015, Atmospheric, Digital, Doom, Feel The Misery, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, My Dying Bride, Peaceville Records, Review

Fans of My Dying Bride know what to expect – with nearly 25 years of consistently stellar material, it’s reasonable

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Witchsorrow ‘No Light, Only Fire’ CD/LP/DD 2015

8th September 20153rd September 2019 Angela Davey 2015, Angela Davey, Candlelight Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Metal, No Light Only Fire, Review, Witchsorrow

The follow-up to 2012’s God Curse Us bursts straight through the gate upon pressing play – crossing all the fun-loving

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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